The SA Resuscitation Council
Information on resuscitation instructors, courses and training centres. This is the home of the Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa.

Wits Trauma Unit
The Johannesburg Hospital Trauma Unit is based at Johannesburg Academic Hospital, and is a division of General Surgery at the University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences

Throughout the history of medicine, clinical learning has been based on imitating the actions of others. Medical students are expected to learn complex medical tasks by watching other clinicians perform that task. This is known as the “see one, do one” approach, or the apprenticeship model.
Certainly, the “see one, do one” approach to learning will continue to have its place. In many cases, however, experts within healthcare see simulation as an alternative, or at least a stepping-stone, between classroom learning and clinical practice. This means change.

An anatomically accurate adult male torso, used to teach and practise the palpation, auscultation and percussion elements of abdominal or gastrointestinal (GI) examination. Ideal for OSCE preparation and assessment